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John McGann
Jazz / Bluegrass / Celtic

		"Mandolin, Guitar, Composer, Arranger" JAMAICA PLAIN, Massachusetts United States Profile Views: 16893 Last Login: 7/6/2008
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Member Since	1/19/2007
Band Website	johnmcgann.com
Band Members	Durango Reinhardt (LOVE FOR SALE, SUGAR IN MY BOWL): John McGann, Mandolin, Octave Mandolin, Guitar Heather Masse, vocal Matt Glaser, fiddle Dave Hollender, bass on "Sugar In My Bowl" add Jim Kelly, Guitar Upslide Reels and Arabesque: John McGann on all instruments
Influences	A Page of Influences
Sounds Like	Berklee Performance Center Feb. 2008 with Casey Scheurell- Elsic's Farewell/Boys The Buzzards Are Flying/Blackberry Blossom Berklee Performance Center Feb. 2008 with Annika Lückenbergfeld playing my recent composition "Miniatures" Berklee Performance Center Feb. 2008 Irish Traditional Reels with Oisin McAuley and Jim Kelly: The Old Copperplate/Hunter's House/The Golden Keyboard Big Mando Madness Medley. Go to http://www.youtube.com/jmcgann00 for more
Record Label	Arbor Vitae
Type of Label	Indie

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About John McGann

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I am a multi-instrumentalist specializing in mandolin family instruments, electric and acoustic guitar, steel guitar, and dobro. I am a professional composer, arranger, performer, recording artist, producer, and educator. I work with a variety of idioms including Jazz, Bluegrass, American traditional music, and Traditional Irish dance music.

• Recording artist for Green Linnet, Rounder, Sony Japan, Flying Fish, Narada, East Side Digital, and various independent labels.

• International concert tours including France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Slovakia, Japan and Singapore.

• Orchestrations and arrangements created for The Boston Pops and New Philharmonia Orchestra. Recent performances include Utah Symphony Orchestra Pops performing my orchestrations with The Wayfaring Strangers.

• ASCAP award winning compositions including “Canyon Moonrise”.

• 1985 US National Flatpicking Champion (Mandolin), winner of numerous regional contests on both guitar and mandolin.

• Performance in Jazz, Bluegrass, Irish and other styles with artists including 2004 National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient Joe Derrane; Seamus Connolly, chairman of Irish Music studies at Boston College, The Wayfaring Strangers, Rust Farm, Celtic Fiddle Festival, and many others. “The Boston Edge” trio CD voted “#1 Irish Recording of the Year” by The Irish Echo.

• Columnist for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Frets, Mandolin Magazine, Jazz Improv Magazine, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, Steel Guitar World; Author of five book/CD sets for Mel Bay Publications, including “Developing Melodic Variations on Fiddle Tunes” and “Guide to Octave Mandolin/Bouzouki”.

• I own and operate an independent music transcription company (The Original Custom Transcription Service), which has been in business since 1981 serving both individual clients and publishers. Publishers include Homespun Tapes, Bassics Magazine, Mandolin Magazine, Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine, Sing Out!, Frets, Acutab etc.

• I have worked as a transcriber for hire for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, David Grisman/Acoustic Disc, John Reischman, Brooks Williams, Carl Filipiak, Tim Price, Mel Bay Publications, etc. and have had well over 1000 private clients.

• Other recent projects include a series of independently produced DVDs “Rhythm Tune Up” "Sound Fundamentals" and "Rhythm Mandolin", and folio of Joaquin Murphy steel guitar transcriptions.

• Production work includes progressive bluegrass band Beacon Hillbillies, Irish rock band Sunday's Well and nuevo-contradance trio The Latter Day Lizards.

• Musical Director and composer/arranger, Childsplay (30 piece string orchestra)

Clinics and seminars including
• Boston College Gaelic Roots- Irish music instructor and performer
• Concord School of Music, Concord NH (clinic and performance)
• Hillman Music Seminar, Uniondale Pa (clinic and performance)
• Berklee College of Music (with David Grisman, John Blake, Grey Sargent etc.)
• Groove Camp (Honesdale PA) (clinic and performance)
• Ashokan Music and Dance Camp (Ashokan NY) (clinic and performance)
• Music Emporium (Lexington MA)
• Mandolin Camp North (Groton MA) (clinic and performance)

Associate Professor, Strings, Berklee College of Music, 2004-present.

• Board of Directors, Traditional Music Foundation 2007

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Sam Bartlett	Jul 4 2008 6:24 AM Dr. Bondo, there was a horrifying malfunction this morning. Seams ripped, spot-welding failed: I have been mopping sections of carpeting for nearly 3 years, using only my elbows and a piece of non-absorbent fake fur. On the positive side, I found several old french fries with some life still in them, and have been living off them for the past week. yours, Dr. Bartlett
Sweet Hollywaiians	Jul 2 2008 8:00 AM ALOHA!!!
Cailleach	Jun 29 2008 5:05 PM Thank you for the add! Have a wonderful week. Cailleach
Pierre Casenave	Jun 25 2008 11:35 AM Hello John McGann! thank you for inviting me! And thank you too, for the new smile you put on the face of Debussy! I like it! friendly Pierre Casenave
Biel Ballester	Jun 25 2008 12:29 AM Hi John! I hope you remember me! man, it's been a year now and I'm still having your great sounds around my mind. thanks so much for them! I really hope we can meet again someday... cheers!!! Biel.
Slidez	Jun 22 2008 1:57 PM Hi, John McGann Thankz for the add! Hope you enjoyed the music! New music & video soon! Slidez
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Dan Mumm	Jun 17 2008 11:22 AM How's it going? I have a brand new song "When The Dust Settles" I just uploaded. If you haven't heard the new song I uploaded last week, "Something Stirs" give that a listen too. Let me know what you think! Thanks alot!
Adrien Moignard	Jun 16 2008 6:33 PM hey ! it was great to play with you ! we are back in france now. Hope to play together again. Adrien
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Jun 12 2008 8:51 PM Thank you for your friendship. RVW “I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant.” -- ~Vaughan Williams on his fourth symphony~
h3ttory	Jun 12 2008 6:47 PM HI JOHN......HAVE AN EXCELLENT DAY...
Jacob Jolliff	Jun 12 2008 12:41 PM Hey John! How are you man! How's your summer going?
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jackboy1289	Jun 11 2008 8:56 AM john mcgann,how are you. my country is cataclysm, more people is die,86532 people was die ,need that song ----no don't cry----please give me ,,god will love you . help me ,my english is very poor ,please help us ,and call me ,thank you !jackboy1289@126.com
Pete Townshend	Jun 8 2008 8:39 PM
The Who Sell Out	Jun 8 2008 2:56 PM Thanks for adding the Who Sell Out page!
The Who - Live at Leeds	Jun 8 2008 2:42 PM Thank you for adding!
Ben Lyman	Jun 8 2008 9:47 AM Thanks for the add John, and all the helpful advice in the past.
Jordan Ramsey	Jun 5 2008 9:11 PM Hey John, appreciate your kind words. I hope to make it up your way sometime, I'd love to take a lesson. Until then.. Take Care, Jordan
Maltavern	Jun 4 2008 4:51 AM

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